Absence of kin discrimination in hatchling American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 831-835

  Passek, Kelly M ^a,b   Gillingham, James C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CROCODILIAN; KIN RECOGNITION;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

EID: 0033516913     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447624     Document Type: Article

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